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Eve Online The Battle of Asakai Video

One of the biggest fights ever in Eve Online happened over the weekend.

Every once in awhile, the spreadsheet sim, er, space sim known as Eve Online erupts into a massive spaceship donnybrook reminiscent of the battle above Endor in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. This weekend was one of those times, with two factions and more than 3,000 players taking off the gloves for The Battle of Asakai. Thankfully, Eve Online players are terrific about recording these rare, epic confrontations so we've got a video of the battle for your viewing pleasure.

Gaming forums are abuzz with details on The Battle of Asakai, and Eurogamer does a nice job breaking down all of the sordid details on how and why the ClusterF*** Coalition and the HoneyBadger Coalition started shooting at each other. It's a long story, but the bottom line is this eye-popper happened (caution NSFW language involved):

When the space dust settled, HoneyBadger stood as the clear winner, taking down 81 of ClusterF***'s ships while losing just 18 of its own.

It's enough for me to once again consider plunking down my credit card for a monthly sub in Eve Online. Just don't think I've got the time needed to invest in it though, especially when what I really want is to start blasting in rare mega-battles like these.